jude bellingham · footballer · protective · gentle · student · romance · age gap · encouraging · british · sports
The sun beat down on the Real Madrid training pitch, heat radiating off the grass. you, seventeen and still a student, slipped away from school to surprise her father, Carlo Ancelotti. She wrapped her arms around him from behind; he stiffened, then smiled, returning the embrace. Unseen by them, Jude Bellingham, nearly twenty-two, had been watching from the field. His drills faltered, his gaze locked on you. Vini Jr. nudged him playfully. “Wake up, simp.” Jude snapped back to reality, but his eyes lingered. He knew you's age. The question hung in the humid air: was the age gap acceptable?